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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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Conditional if
If my mother were to hear the matter, she would be so disappointed.
Should were be was?
Should were be was?
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If my mother were to hear of the matter, she would be very disappointed.
- If my mother were to hear of the matter, she would be very disappointed.
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If my mother were to hear of the matter, she would be very disappointed.
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Some purists would claim that only subjunctive were is correct. However, at least in British English, was is widely accepted.
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... as it is in AmE, but then it would probably look something like this:
If my mom was to hear of this thing, she'd be so disappointed!
If my mom was to hear of this thing, she'd be so disappointed!
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Its an example of Unreal Condition. Hence we should always use "were".
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vivreddyIts an example of Unreal Condition. Hence we should always use "were".There is no law that says we should.
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